Abstract:
In rural communities, roles and responsibilities devolved to men and women; their differences in
access to resources and in their control over those resources define women's vulnerability to
climate change. The objective of this study is to analyze the factors of vulnerability of
agricultural production groups to climate change.
The methodological approach used consisted of collecting data, processing and analyzing the
results. A total of 17 agricultural groups were surveyed in the two Communes. The choice of
groups was based on several criteria. Focus groups were organized during which the
vulnerability profiles of the groups were identified in a participatory manner.
From the analysis of the results, three fundamental factors of vulnerability were identified by the
women's agricultural groups. The position of the production site in relation to raw materials, in
fact, 62.7% of the respondents use the lowlands for production, 38.6% use the banks and 13.9%
of the respondents use the edges of the courses. water for agricultural production. The second
factor is access to financial resources due to the lack of collateral availability. The third factor
lies in the difficulties of accessing value-added activities and markets.
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